Logan explains how you can skip the hot pot with Titebond Liquide Hide glue, and all the perks hide glue provides for your projects. Learn more about Titebond Hide Glue here: www.titebond.com/product/glues...
I've been using liquid hide glue for more than 30 years in historic furniture and wooden artifact restoration. Sure, the joint may not be quite as strong or as permanent, and certainly not waterproof, but that can be a good thing; better that the joint fail than that the wood fail. A joint and be cleaned and re-glued many times, but broken wood can only sometimes be repaired effectively, and even then a very limited number of times. One of the reasons so many older pieces have survived is the fact that they can be effectively repaired. This is much more difficult with more modern adhesives. Most of my original pieces are built with hide glue for this reason. It's important to mention that the liquid hide glue has a shelf life (and an expiration date on the bottle, which is a reasonable estimate), after which it tends not to dry hard. I keep all but a small bottle of it in the freezer to prolong its life. Don't use an older bottle of liquid hide glue before you do a test to make sure it hardens properly.
I am going to try some of this glue! Always inspiring and I admire your imagination to keep coming up with great videos and sharing your knowledge. Well done. One Handed Maker - Australia
I just got some Titebond glue on your recommendation and am enjoying using it mostly. The stuff is Sticky! Not sure yet how it is best cleaned off my messy fingers. I'm not used to waiting for it to harden but this is just early days. Thank you for the introduction when you spoke to our woodworking guild.
I see why you would use it for temporary holding, but I still don’t get why bother otherwise. Does it set faster/slower? Why would anyone go through the trouble of disowning pellets and heating the mixture up? Is that for some period accuracy?
It is a much slower set time. In addition, hide glue blends in under most finishes, and the squeezeout can be cleaned up with a toothbrush and hot water. The pellets offer fast initial tack because they're hot - You can create a rub joint and glue pieces together without clamps.
Watch videos of Windsor and stick chairs that use hide glue, they have a super easy cleanup with water/toothbrush with wet or dry glue. On top of this if a part breaks in use over the next few years (or decades, or even hundred of years), or you put something together wrong, the joints can be removed with water and heat. As the video says the glue also sticks to itself so you can fix the part, add more glue, and not worry about it not sticking in the joint. It is the gold standard for furniture making if you want any chance of taking it apart later to fix it, and not just throwing away the whole piece.
